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Art.
X.?An
unpublished
Dhruvasena
of King
Valabhi
I.
By
Copper-plate
Inscription
Dr. Til Blocii.
two copper-plates
from which
the subjoined
transcript
has been made were entrusted by Dr. Burgess
to Professor
Buhler
and he has kindly
for publication,
allowed me to
are
now
in
the
British
edit them.
Museum.
They
The
I.
They contain a Sanskrit
inscription of King Dhruvasena
dated (Gupta) Samvat 217 (536-37 a.d.), Asva
of Valabhi,
yuja, ba. 13.
The plates are by no means
in good preservation.
Both
and low down in the left-hand corner
in the upper margin
of the first some pieces are broken off, and the right-hand
so that
side of the second plate is in a similar condition,
of the inscription
the name of the place
in the beginning
from which the edict was issued has been totally destroyed;
the destructive
influence
of time,
and, further,
through
a few,
of
have
been
letters
lost,
many
parts
leaving
only
in some cases
almost
and
traces of them.
unreadable
it has been possible,
Nevertheless,
by the help of similar
to make
inscriptions,
only a few
have
fortunately,
being
king.
The
language
in prose, with
out
the majority
of the words,
and
remained
uncertain,
them, un
amongst
the name of the village granted
by the
of the inscription
of
exception
the
is Sanskrit.
It is written
two slokas from the
the
Malmbharata,
380
of
Maliya
Copper-plate
Inscr.
Ind. vol.
Inscription
iii. p. 164),
another
grant
(Corpus
rdfya-irih
{Ind. Ant.
eva instead
of
The
the dynasty,
sena; I., it
of
rdja-irih
of Dhruvasena
I.
and the
tdny=*
spelling
vamsdvall,
beginning
Srl-sendpati- Bhatarkkah,
records
the grant made
any
prohibiting
the subscription
future
of
II.
instead
(I. 8);
cf.
iv. 104, plate
i. 1. 9),
of tdny-eva
(1. 27), etc.
is
in
the
usual form;
inscription
the well-known
Dharasena
of
alteration
after
with
the
enumerating
of
founder
Dhruva
up to King
the
by
strictly
king,
with
it, and concludes
name
and titles,
the date
king's
of the dittaka, Bhatti, and the writer, Kikkaka.
a translation,
of the whole
therefore,
give
inscription
be a mere waste of time, and I think a few remarks
the
and names
To
would
to the
quite suffice to assign
in the rank of similar historical
will
inscription
documents.
Concerning
that though
the date
its age, it may be noticed
(Gupta
536-37
does not precede
Samvat
the date of
217;
a.d.)
one other
Ind.
Buhler,
published
by Professor
inscription
v. 205, viz. Gupta
Samvat
Ant.
which
still
remains
207,
the first recorded date of King Dhruvasena
I., nevertheless
it is one of the oldest Valabhl
which
have
Inscriptions
come
Its
under
our
notice.
Dhruvasena
great
and the great feudatory prince
(1. 11), to the congregation
in
the
of monks
founded by the king's
vihara,
residing
in
and
the
founded
sister, Duddd
another,
(1. 17),
by
teacher,
the venerable
Buddhadiisa
successors
(e.g. Ind.
Ant.
iv.
v. 63),
and
OF KING DHRUVASENA I.
381
favoured with
The
by them.
land-grants
one, and, as far as I know, has not hitherto
it was one
been found in any other inscription.
Probably
some
which
hundred
of
Hiuen
of the
sanghdrdmas,
Tsiang
a
us
account
in
his
short
Si-yu-ki
(translated
gives
by
Beal, ii. 266), quoting by name only one great sanghdrdma,
not far from the city which was built by the Arhat Acara
('O-che-lo),
of Atharya,
with
by Prof. Buhler
a
of
in
mentioned
grant
King
vi. 9), and to which
certainly
identified
the monastery
Dharasena
II.
also belonged
are found
at Valabhi,
whose names
here and there in similar inscriptions.
this very fact that King Dhruvasena,
himself
However,
of a Sivaitic
a worshipper
of Siva and descendant
family,
a grant
seen
in this
to
is again
inscription
making
as
it confirms one
is of no small interest,
Buddhist
monks,
(Ind. Ant.
the other monasteries
of
the
few
historical
accounts
of Valabhi,
exhibited
kings
viz.
the
fact that
documents,
they
Siva-worship,
lived in their
who
forms an
inscription
and that
records,
Duddii,
a follower
105
the sister
of
these feudatory
concerning
to us by their epigraphicai
to
devoted
though themselves
were
of the Bauddhas
great protectors
And
it
may be said that the
country.
important
together
of several
the Buddhist
link
with
Sivaitic
faith
and
in the chain
kindred
kings
of historical
facts, viz.
or princes,
(paramopasikii:
a founder of
that
was
Ind. Ant.
a Buddhist
ii. 1. 5),
f., plate
the founder of the
that, perhaps, Bhatiirkka,
a
one
had
built
similar
(Ind. Ant. vi. 9),
already
dynasty,
and that later on the illustrious
who
Guhaseua,
King
calls
to
himself
devoted
Siva
formerly
(paramamiihesvera:
iv.
monastery;
an example
a.d., and in the second exhibits
of
tolerance
not
among medimval
religious
kings,
unworthy
indeed of the two great emperors Asoka
aud Akbar.
382
First
Plate.
opanata-dana-
pratiip
nmn-arjjav-
praliipa]h
-
anurag
oparjjit
anurakta-maulabhrta
(3) mitftjra^srenl-bal-uvapta-rjijya-srih
svaras=srI-seniipati-BHATAKKAH2
[||*]
parama-mahe
=
Tasya sutas
tac-carana-rajo-run-avanata
(4) [pav]i[tri]-krto-siras=siro-vanata-sat[t]ru8-ciidamani
din
prabha-vicchurita-piida-nttkha-pankti-didhitili
anatha-jan-opa
(5)
parama-mahesvarah
srf-senapati
[jlvya]miina-vibhavah
Dhahasenah
[II*] Ta8y=anujas=tat-pad-abhiprana
ma-prasasta4
vyavastlm-paddba
par am a
(7) tir=akhila-bhuvana-mandal-abhog-aika-8vaminii
sviimina svayam-upahita-rajy-iibhiseka-raaha
5-srIh
parama-mahesvaras=srl
raaharaja-DK0NAsiMHAS=8imhaiva[||*]Ta8y==anujas=s
sva-bhu
para-gaja-ghat-anlkanam=eka
(9) ja-bala-parakkramena
vijayi
saranam
saran-aisinam
?avaboddha
(10)
kalpatarur=iva
[sastr-a]rttha-tatvanam8
yinam
yatha-bhilasita-kama-phal-opabhoga-dah
(Jl)
[parama-bha]ttiiraka-pad-anuddhyato
suhrt-prana
mahapralihara
mahadandanayaka-raahakarttakrtika-mahasamanta
1
whether
Doubtful,
* Read
JBhafdrkkah.
8 tt doubtful.
4 The usual
reading
i. 1. 7.
plate
8 Read
rajya.
Read tattv&n&m.
spelt with
is prasastatara;
tava is wanting
v. 205,
OF KING DHRUVASENA I.
383
- sri -Dhkuvasenah
sorvvan=eva
[kusal]!
[maharaja]
sviin?ayuktaka-viniyuktaka-drangika-mahattara-cata
(12)
bha
(13)
t-adin=anyaras=ca
yatha-samfbajdhyamanakan
=
Astu
vas=samviditaiii
[jilapaya]ty
[||*]
yatha
,ama
maya
. sthaia^sannikrsta-VATAPRAJYAKA
. man
2-gramah
- dana - vata 8 oparikaka(ra)s=sa
[d]i[tya]
bh[uta
(14)
pratya]
(15)
[ya]h
. . i . ribha
.
kirttibha
sah=anyais=ca
bh[u]mic[ch]i[dra-ny]ayena.;
Plate.
Second
(16)
[pun]y-apyayanay=atmanas=c
[matu-pi]troh
. . aih8
[ai]hik
amusmika-yatha-bhilasita-phal-avapti-nim[ittara
(17)
arnnava-ksiti-sarit-parvvata-sama-kalinah
[candr-iir]kk
(18).-
=a]
ValabhI-tala-8va-bhagineyi-Dur)yA-karita-[viharaP]
bhadanta-Buddhadasa
[a]caryyavihara-kutyam
pratistapita-bhagavatam4
-karita
Ssamya[k
sambu]
(19)
[ddhanara
opayogi
Buddh]anam
ca
viharasya
gandha-dhupa-puspa-dipa-tail
khanda-sphutita-pati[ta]
(20)
[vi]s[i]rnna-prati8aTnsk{iran-arttham
(21)
gat-obhaya-vihara-prativasi-bhiksu-8aiighasya
.
[
pijndapata-sayan-asana-glana-pratyaya-bhaisajya
ca
pariskar-opayog-arttham
[||*]
(22) [tip]aditah
Yato
krsatam
bhunjatam
catur-ddis-abhya
pra
bhiksu-sangh 5-adhikrtanam
pradisatam
na
kais=cit=svalpa
py=a
1 Tho
first letter looks like ra or ka; the third may have been nda, but
only
a small na is visible;
the th of stha seems also uncertain.
* va
uncertain.
aud/ya
9 I am uuable to make out the
letters.
The
reading o! these fragmentary
ai
is
uncertain.
last
* dm and the double s are rather
but
the
doubtful,
reading of the whole
is obvious from a similar
iv.
passage
inscription of the same king, Ind. Ant.
104 f., plate ii. 1. 6 ff.: Valabhydm
sva-bhaffineiji-param-opasikd-Duddd-kdrita
vihara-pratitfhapitdndm
bhagava'tdm
* This
reading is not quite certain.
j.r.a.s.
1895.
25
Samyak-sambuddhdnam
Buddhdndm,
etc.
384
(23)
(24)
[badhak]aryy?a8mad-vansa-jair=agarai-nrpatibhis=c?
manusyam
anityany=aisvcryyany=a8thiram
yam ca
[bhu]mi-dana-phalam=avagacchadbhir=ayam
o * numan
diiy
tavyah paripalay ita vy as=ca
acchi
saman
=asmad
?=
c?
[ 11
*] Yas
(25)
sa
va=nuraodeta
[ndyad] =acchidyamanam
pamcabhir?
s
mmaha
piitakaih
opapatakais=samyuktas=syad=
(26)
varsa-sa
slokau bhavatah
[Vya]sa-gitau
[||*] Sastim
hasrani svargge modati bhumi-dah
acchetta
[|*]
(27)
[c=anumanta]ca
tany=eva2narake
vaset[||*]Bahubhir=
vvasudha bhukta rajabhis=Sagar-adibhih
[|*] yasya
[II*] I[ty-m*]pi"?
(29)
mama
mahapratihara-mahadanda
[n ^yaka-mahakartt]akrtika-mahasamanta-raaharaja-sri
Dhruvasenasya
I)Dutakorajastbaniya-BHATTiH
[||*]